Affordable Care Act Round-Up: 31 Million Still Uninsured

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Updated at 6:36 AM EST on Tuesday, Sep 10, 2013

The Affordable Care Act is expected to extend health insurance coverage to millions more Americans come Jan. 1, but there will still be millions more without coverage.

The Affordable Care Act is expected to extend health coverage to 25 million Americans over the next decade, but that will still leave a projected 31 million people without coverage by 2023.

Among those excluded are undocumented workers and poor people living in the 21 states that have declined to expand Medicaid under the ACA.

As a result, free clinics are planning to step up their efforts to focus on undocumented workers who can't buy insurance on the new online marketplace. Other clinics are also thinking about offering free dental care. (The Washington Post)